By Leigh 11:06 pm August 28, 2010 NBC Nightly News| August 28, 2010 Writer Renee Watson helped young people in New Orleans turn feelings into words by offering them an outlet after all the trauma they’d been through. NBC’s Kate Snow reports.

By Leigh 11:12 pm August 20, 2010 YouTube (via Colorlines) | August 20, 2010 Be sure to also read Fallon’s take on Dodson’s fame. (From Colorlines) Accidental Internet celebrity Antoine Dodson tells ABC News that, although his sister’s attacker is still on the loose, he’s made made a “nice amount of money” off of the infamous […]

By Leigh 11:13 pm August 19, 2010 A Film by Aiesha Turman | Premieres August 27, 2010 The Black Girl Project is a documentary film which asks pretty much one question: who are you? Of course that question morphed into other, follow-up questions, but that singular question lies at the heart of the film. In […]

By Leigh 11:11 pm August 17, 2010 NBC Nightly News | August 17, 2010 According to a new report, only 47 percent of black males graduated from high school in 2008. What does this mean for America’s future? NBC News’ Rehema Ellis reports.

By Leigh 11:15 pm August 16, 2010 Dateline NBC | August 16, 2010 10-year-old Ananya Martin is Derrion Albert’s little sister. Since the beating death of her brother Derrion in 2009, Ananya has not spoken publicly until this interview. Her aunt Adrienne Leonard says the only way she can do it is by reading sympathy […]

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Why take the pledge?

Far too many Black youth continue to be demonized, criminalized and murdered.

Enough is enough!

In response to this intensifying crisis, the Black Youth Project (BYP) has launched “The Pledge.”

With “The Pledge,” we are asking individuals and organizations to close ranks around black youth and make a commitment to take action and fight with black youth as they confront a relentless crisis. We at the BYP believe that each person can make a difference by doing something!

By taking The Pledge we not only articulate our concern about black youth, but symbolically unite our voices with others who will work to confront this crisis.

If we each take action, whether it is starting a group, signing a petition, or mentoring a young person in your neighborhood, then we all become a part of the solution.